Scenes before the winter break

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Here some scenes of life in prekindergarten this week.  We will miss seeing them over the break and look forward to hearing all about their adventures. 

Bridge construction crew at work

creating designs with popsicle sticks

exploring the dollhouse

playing Crazy 8s

checking out plants and rocks with the magnifying glass

trying out our new butterfly greeting

using the balance beam during an indoor recess day

loving that mini trampoline

making letters on chalkboards

sorting out toys that start with P and D

dramatic play

playing Hi Ho Cherry O

All aboard the train!

fun with scooters in P.E,

Doing the "Beanie Bag Dance"

Valentine's Day is Upon Us

We love making hearts

This week we did things we love and talked about ways to show others we care.

We love distributing Valentine Cards

We love celebrating "We Love East Montpelier Day!"

We love dancing to music

We love playing with this cool new ball.

We love sharing legoes with our friends.

We love making holders for our cards.

We love playing with our friends.

We love our new kinetic sand.

More things we love:

Hello February

We put this  alphabet puzzle together

painting our clay sculptures

making angry faces in response to a story about feelings

creating our "I love East Montpelier" hearts

 

constructions are becommng more intricate

sorting beads by qualities

playing with Mrs. Anastasia

making snow angels

singing while circling a tree in the woods

sledding on our perfect hills

Farewell to January

Keeping track of the days

The Snowball Greeting  - paper snowballs contain student's names and as each ball is opened the student is greeted.

The Shoe Greeting- everyone takes off one shoe and when a student picks up a shoe he/she has to greet the owner.

A virtual field trip to the zoo in Kansas with the afternoon group.  We got to see the animals depicted in Jan Brett's The Mitten.

using little sponges and chalkboards to create letters

playing The Sequence Game

walking on the balance beam

"lumbering bears" in The Mitten

Joy in January This week we played lots of games involving counting and determining more, less and equal amounts.

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Playing a more or less game

Rolling dice and stamping away to see which animal or number was the winner

creating a scene for our vehicles

sorting animal pictures according to habitat

after listening to a story about animals in winter we acted out some options  --check out our

hibernating groundhogs

singing one of our favorite songs ABC

dramatic play is always a fun place to be

eating lunch in the cafeteria